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If we want to avoid becoming a nation where the great divide is between those who own property and those who never will, we should jump at the chance for reform.
The committee said it had consistently heard that the current design of the discount “can distort decision making and incentivise tax planning”.
Hundreds of thousands of rural families could lose their affordable homes as mortgages the program supported expire by 2050.
Housing policy should take note of what a home really means to people.
New targets would lift revenue to $7.2 billion and enrolments to 119,000 by 2034. But housing pressure, market concentration and graduate outcomes pose real risks.
Detroit’s homelessness response system could lose millions of dollars in federal funding for permanent supportive housing as the city’s homelessness rates increase.
Australia’s impossible housing crisis, One Nation as a political force, privatised education … how many of our problems can be traced back to John Howard?
New national research shows unmet housing need among First Nations households is double the rate of other Australians. But there are solutions.
By 2025, 45% of full-time workers in Australia had ‘six figure’ earnings. But years of high inflation mean cracking this threshold doesn’t mean what it used to.
Rather than selling off land to private developers, the government has better options. A policy from the 1990s provides a guide.
Social housing is being built at the fastest pace since the 1980s. But we are still leaving hundreds of thousands of Australians waiting for a home.
Is the government prepared to reduce speculation in housing in favour of returning to its social purpose?
As Canada rushes to build housing similar to the post-Second World War era, it must not forget how many chronic economic, health and housing challenges that onetime boom created for the North.
Imagine walking into your local Bunnings and buying a tiny home. It’s now an option but will these pods help Australia’s housing crisis?
Canada is expanding programmes to facilitate home ownership. Yet young households are still struggling to buy. Our research reveals why these policies miss the mark.
The Indigenous Seniors Research Committee examined the housing and care needs of Indigenous older adults in Winnipeg, Manitoba. And the evidence suggests a housing crisis that is economic and cultural.
A lack of shelters and affordable housing means survivors of domestic violence have few places to go.
Australia shares many of the issues the European Commission’s plan tries to tackle, from lack of housing construction to taxation. Here’s are some lessons.
Stipends paid to residents had unintended consequences.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Head of Urbanism and Associate Professor of Urban Studies, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Professor of Housing Research, Adelaide University
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Alan Morris is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Housing and Housing Studies, RMIT University
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Sydney
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Professor of Social Epidemiology and Director of the Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne